Problema Solution
an ellipse has eccentricity 1/3. find the distance between two directrix if the distance between foci is 3.
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an ellipse has eccentricity 1/3. find the distance between two directrix if the distance between foci is 3.
2ae=3.
2a*1/3=3.
2a/3 =3.
2a=9.
a=9/2=4.5
diatnce between the directrix =2a/e.
2*4.5/1/3
=9/1/3
=9*3=27.